Can dieting cause hair loss?
Hair shedding is associated with many issues – emotional stress, severe illness, pregnancy, hormones, flu and, in a small percentage of people, extensive weight loss over a long period of time, whatever the method of weight loss used. The condition is temporary and normally remains unnoticeable. It indicates the growth of new hair, which literally pushes out the old hair. When your weight has stabilised, your follicles will re-grow. If you are prone to excess hair shedding, you are at greater risk of this happening whilst dieting. Key2weight programmes do NOT advocate long term use of a Vlcd and by adding in healthy foods every four weeks or every day/weekend day (depending on which weight loss programme you are on) reduces the risk of the above happening. If you experience hair shedding, it is due to the physiological response to your actual weight loss process rather than the diet. Hair shedding should not be confused with alopecia where hair comes out in patches, which is a medical
